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Monday, January 14, 2013 • Christian Fashion Week
As February 9th approaches, the Christian Fashion Week team prepares its designers, stylists, volunteers, partners, and registered media for an industry first. While fashion shows are not a new thing to churches, this is the first time in history an organized effort to hold a Fashion Week event from a worldview of modesty and faith has ever been attempted. As a result, the event has begun to take on the form of a movement instead of just another show. With supporters inside and outside of the church community including celebrities and fashion industry professionals, Christian Fashion Week has promised a well-produced event with a strict focus on fashion and buyer participation.
As February 9th approaches, the Christian Fashion Week team prepares its designers, stylists, volunteers, partners, and registered media for an industry first. While fashion shows are not a new thing to churches, this is the first time in history an organized effort to hold a Fashion Week event from a worldview of modesty and faith has ever been attempted. As a result, the event has begun to take on the form of a movement instead of just another show. With supporters inside and outside of the church community including celebrities and fashion industry professionals, Christian Fashion Week has promised a well-produced event with a strict focus on fashion and buyer participation.
"This event is far from what people have come to expect from Christian-led events," said Mayra Gomez, co-founder of Christian Fashion Week. Co-founder Wil Lugo added, "It's not a church service. It's a celebration of fashion from the perspective of our values and tastes as a community of faith and modesty. We've got international and celebrity designers who have spent months preparing fashion lines that are going to wow the crowd."
Designers Alma Vidovic, Carmelita Couture, Evelyn Lambert, Franco Montoro, Julia Chew, Pat Mcghee, Sandra Hagen, and Sumita Bhojwani are making their final adjustments to their stunning collections, showcase for the first time at the February 9th event.
When asked about why she chose to participate in Christian Fashion Week, designer Sandra Hagen said, "I want to reach other markets in the Fashion Industry as well as to show women a new side of elegance and style." Designer Julia Chew smiled as she chimed in, "I am motivated to design garments that promote the femininity, dignity, and loveliness of a lady." A late addition includes a men's line by Fashion Week veteran, Pat McGhee.
About Christian Fashion Week
The vision of Christian Fashion Week is to create the world's first series of fashion shows and events around the idea of fashion with a Christian worldview, considering Christian values such as modesty, boldness, and true style. We aim to create a viable forum for fashion designers and industry professionals to network and increase awareness of a values-based fashion industry that has always taken a back seat to the world's more risqué sense of style. Christian Fashion Week is a mission to stand for dignity on behalf of communities, families, and fashion consumers.
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Friday, October 12, 2012 • Christian Fashion Week
Christian Fashion Week LLC announced this week that international Christian media and publishing company, Zondervan Publishing , has become an official sponsor of the first Fashion Week for the Christian community in history. The event, which promises to showcase modest clothing from at least seven international fashion designers, will be held in Tampa, Florida on February 8th and 9th. Zondervan Publishing has stepped forward as a significant sponsor, partnering with the group to make a statement that modesty in fashion has a place in today's culture and marketplace.
Tampa, FL - Christian Fashion Week LLC announced this week that international Christian media and publishing company, Zondervan Publishing , has become an official sponsor of the first Fashion Week for the Christian community in history. The event, which promises to showcase modest clothing from at least seven international fashion designers, will be held in Tampa, Florida on February 8th and 9th. Zondervan Publishing has stepped forward as a significant sponsor, partnering with the group to make a statement that modesty in fashion has a place in today's culture and marketplace.
"It is an honor to receive such acknowledgement from one of the world's most prominent Christian brands, " commented Jose Gomez, co-founder of Christian Fashion Week and president of The Fashion Industry Association. "The mission of Zondervan Publishing, to exalt Christ through excellence in publishing, is a shining example of what we want to accomplish in the fashion world. Modesty in fashion allows designers to focus on what covers our bodies, enables men and women to represent themselves with dignity, and ultimately exalts the values and ideals of the Christian worldview. It's not about being sheltered or embarrassed. It is about knowing who we live for and how that should be best represented."
Christian Fashion Week 2013 is the first fashion week ever created to showcase modest fashion and focused on the Christian market. Designers, regardless of worldview or religious affiliation, have been issued a challenge to create a clothing line for the modest woman without sacrificing style. The organization is now in discussion with over 160 designers from all over the world, working to narrow the selection down to just seven designers. There will also be a special woman-only swimwear show prior to the main event as well as a boutique segment, showcasing ready to wear fashions already in stores and boutiques.
Zondervan Publishing, a company of Harper Collins Publishers, is an international Christian media and publishing company. The company has a team of more than 350 employees with offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Miami, Florida. Zondervan authors number more than 1,500 and include America's most respected pastors, influential leaders, renowned authors, and emerging voices. The company's resources are sold worldwide through retail stores online, and by Zondervan ChurchSource - serving over 400,000 church leaders - and are translated into nearly 200 languages in more than 60 countries. Zondervan has been named Supplier of the Year by the Christian Bookseller's Association (CBA) seven times.
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Monday, August 13, 2012 • Christian Fashion Week
We just want to share some good & wonderful things that have been happening during the making of our event! We now have actually booked a fashion worthy venue location located in the heart of Tampa Bay. In addition, we have received great feedback from our followers on facebook such as
Our celebrity guest model and Christian Music Artist, Julianna Zobrist. Not to forget the exposure we are being given by young women who are caring to take a stand along side us like
Caitlin Schmidt, fashion lover & blogger extraordinaire. Plus Jeanette Scott of
J's Everyday Fashion Blog, a style expert and celebrity fashion journalist with over 37k followers, on facebook alone! Both will be attending CFW and both deserve a big Thanks. Do visit their sites.
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